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Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

ALEXANDER MITCHELL is also confined to his
bed at the Hoffman house by illness. The
latter's wife, who had been hastily sum-
moned, arrived here Monday night. The re-
mains will be taken 90 Milwaukee in Mr..
Mitchelps private car, and the interment
will take place at the Forest Home cemetery
there.
s Mr.. Mitchell was born in Scotland, and
came to this country soon after attaining bis
majority, settling in Milwaukee when that
place was but hamlet He firt turned his
attention to trading on the great lakes, but
when the first railroad was built out of Mil
waukee to tap the northwest he became a
leading spirit in the enterprise, and has since
seen the road embrace more than 500 miles
of track and connect six states and one ter
ritory. He was elected the first president
of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St Paul road,
and continued in that office to his death
His fOrtm is estimated al S30, 00O, 600
In politics MIR Mitchell was Wing be-
fore the formation OF the Republican party,
and was atter1sard a Republican He be-
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

THE indications have been rapidly
multiplying of late, says the Philadel-
phia Telegraph (Rep) ''th at many repub-
licans who were but very brief while
ago extremely ardent adherents of Mr.
Blaine are now rapidly getting past the
limiting point. and are plainly disposed
to shortly resort to threats unless the
gentleman from Maine, whose nomina>
ton was the cause of the republican de-
feat in 1894, shall do the Jonah act of
his own accord. 10 other words, the
sage conclusion has been reached that, in
stead of carrying out the announced pro-
grsmme of the bitter days just after
Cleveland's nomination, and endeavoring
to make the republican party small and
selected persons willing to believe Mr.
Blaine to be the greatest statesman of
the age, and the fttest of all men to be
president of the United States, 1t will be
ever so much better TO have it just as big
as is possible under the circumstances,
with view to making a desperate effort
to regain in 1888 what was lost in 1884. -
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20
member Of the legislature and has studied
tho railway orestiou very fhorot1phly

member Of the legislature and has studied
the railway question very thoroughly.
Complaint from an association of millers at
St Louis was replied to during the morning
session of the commission. The trouble COM
planned of was that rates between Chicago
and Minneapolis were 50 low owing to the
millng-in-transit system that St Louis can
not compete with the Minnesota people. The
commission concluded that to relieve St
Louis would be discrimination against other
places, and declined to act
At the afternoon session temporary orders
were made snspending the fourth section Of
the act, Oh the application of the Norfolk
Southern Railroad company; the Cincinnati,
New Orleans & Texas railroad at points
south of the Ohio and east of the Mississippi;
and also on a petition of the Texas & Pacific
railroad as to freights destined to Ell Paso.
Some of the stove-makers of New York
prepared printed petition, setting forth
their grievances, and sent it to manufactur-
ers In all parts of the country. 1t was ac-
companied by private invitation to sign
and return, and by the statement that "the
petitions will be presented to the interstate
commerce commissioners all at one time in
such manner as will best serve our mutual
interests" One of the petitions and copy
Of the invitation has reached the commission
prematurely. The petition bears across its
face the following: -
MY DEAR SIRs: 1t gives us much pleasure
to cay, SO far as the rates 20, taking equal
distance into consideration between Phila-
delphia and points in New York to the west,
they are equitable, and will add, it is the first
| time in twenty years we have been able to
say this. For this much We feel grateful to
the Interstate commerce bill.
This endorsement bears the signatur of 3
Philadelphia firm
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20
The Alleged BoodIerism at Chicago.

CHICAGO April 20-In the Criminal court
Tuesday Judge Tuley gave his decision on
a motion made 10y defendants counsel in the
"boodle' cases to quash two counts in each
of two of the indictments. The Judge de.
cisred the counts valid, and Mr.. Forrest,
counsel for defendants, took an exception
He then filed motions to quash all the con-
spiracy cases, which motions were over
ruled. After some discussion the court said
the accused parties must I've in court We'd
nesday morning to plead to the indictments.
The state presented an affiia vit-in opposi-
ton to those obtained for the defense in
favor of change of vsnue-which antag-
onizes the claim of the defense that the city
papers have so moulded public opinion that
fair trial can not be obtained here, by the
counter-claim that if the defense is correct
no advantage can be got by them by q
change of venue, as the city papers circulate
all over the state, and their opinions are fur.
thur disseminated by patent insides.n
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

DETROIT, Mich, April 3o-The stove fact
ories here ara all running They are not
union and but few union men are employed.
The workmen are Knights of Labor and the
knights have ordered their men TO keep al
work The few union men have been pro
tected by them SO that they would not be
compelled to work on the boycotted st.
Louis patterns. President Cribben, of the
Stove Manufacturers Protective association
was here Tuesday on his way to Rochester
TO attend a meeting of the executive board
He denies emphatically that the manufact-
urers are endeavoring to crush out the labor
organizations. He also saws that the pat
terms from all other districts where there i.
trouble will be sent TO Detroit for the men
here to work on. So long as the Knights OF
Labor stand in their present position this will
enable the manufacturers to get work done.
and to hold out against the demands of the
union elsewhere.
ERIE, Pa, April 2O-Two stove top pat
terms from the ST. Louis manufsctory under
strike were put into the stove department OF
the South Erie Iron works Tuesday One
hundred molders and mounters were talked
with by the manager of the works and gwen
the alternative of working these patterns il
called on, or stopping work. Only seven
men quit
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

The Canadian In lsus number rs, 76', OF
which Il NJ are in Ontario.
coroner's jury at Chicago returned a
verdict Tuesday that Frederick Wirth was
accidentally drowned.
Rev. r. w. Springer, assistant rector of
Grace parish, Chicago, who had been suffer
ing from brain fever, has mysteriousy dis
appeared.
The Shenango & Allegheny railroad, run
ming from Butler to GreenviIle, Pa, fiftv-
eight miles was sold Tuesday by a receiver
for s62j 900
Rumors roins from Lincoln, Neb., that tbs
Union Pacific main line is likely to be sur
rendered to the government and the indie
pendent branches organized into Lincoln,
Denver & Portland line.
The ameer Of Afghanistan sent out a
force of 5000 men to revenge recent mas
sacre by the Ghizais, but the latter were
again victorious.
A landslide at ST. louisville, n Y, OF
the track of the Central road, during Mon
day night, derailed a train, killing the en-.
giueer and injuring the fireman.
The Supreme court of Pennsylvania ha
amount of lost package, having given nc
explanation for failure to deliver.
By the explosion of dynamite cartridg,
in shaft of the new Croton aqueduct al
Merritt's Corners, N Y, two man were
killed and five others we're seriously injured
At Lancaster, Pa, Tuesday afternoon,
John Brecker and his wife were killed by a
Chicago limited express train. Their child
was caught on the cow-catcher, and ESCAPED
without injury.
The Democratic caucus of the Florida leg.
islature adopted the two-thirds rule, by
which fifty seven votes are required for the
nomination of a senator Governor Perry
has forty-seven supporters and ex-Governol
/ Bloxham forty-one.
| Papers have been received at the Milwau.
kee pension agency ordering the paymeu OF
| S12, 800 in cash and the allowance of ST2 De
month to Peter Schumacher, formerly
member of the Fourth Wisconsin cavalry
for some years past an inmate of the insane
asylum at Green Bay.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20
is NEW YORK FOR cLEvELAND'
A metropolitan Paper Says 1t Is and
VIII Be for denomination

A Metropolitan Paper Says 1t Is and
VIII Be for denomination.
NEW YORK, April 30.-Under the head of
The President and the New York Demo-
crats,n The Times says: 1--WE observe that
some of our exchanges are discussing, as
though it were a doubtful matter, the atti-
tude of the Democrats Of New York toward
President Cleveland, and this discussion has
reference particularly to the question Of Mr..
Clevelaud's denomination and election. We
are not without means of information upon
this point, and we have taken some pains to
ascertain the truth about it We find that
those Democrats who know what tho
party feeling is and are willing
to state to without prejudice or conceal
ment, agree in the opinion that
the Democracy of the state Of New
York is so well disposed toward President
Cleveland that if state convention were
to be held tomorrow it would send
10 the national convention a del
egation substantially or entirely unan-
imous in favor of his denomination
that so far as the eye Of pol teal prophecy
can penetrate the future, there is no cause
of change visible or to be apprehended which
might turn the tide of party sentiment
against the president; that the party organi-
zations in the state and its subdivisions,
though not free from differences as to Mr.
Cleveland's policy and as to the advisability
of his denomination, are yet most decidedly
to be set down as favorable to him, and as
likely to shape their future action with a
view TO placing him in the field and support
ing him loyalty in lSSSn
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

THE chaotic condition of politics in
Virginia is indicated in startling way
by the following prediction of the Ports.
mouth Times (Dem), which has been
copied approvingly by several other
democratic journals; "lf the demo-
cratic party of Virginia should adopt
this reputation policy. We have no
hesitancy in predicting that shrewd Mr.
Malone aud his allies will be smart
enough to adopt the other tack, aud on
debt>paying platform, with solid
negro vote always to be counted upon,
we should not be surprised to see the
republicans victorious in the next con-
test, if the democrats turn repudiators.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

MILWAUKEE, April z0.-So great was the
crowd about Mtchelrs bank within half an
hour after the receipt of the news of Mr..
MItchelfs death that guards had to be placed
at the doors As the illness Of Mr. Mitchell
was known to only few Of his more init
mate friends the first report of his death was
generally dlscredited, until message from
john l.. Mitchell was received saying:
''Father has just passed away" Business on
the board of trade was suspended, and knots
of people We're on all business streets discuss
Ing the news.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

Mr. HONEY, the demo ratio
lieutenant governor of Rhode Island,
lived for time al Montgomery. Ala The
Adcertiser Of that city says: Capt
Honey located in Montgomery just after
the war, and read law with Col. W. p.
Chiffon, and afterwards became his law
partner. After two or three years prac>
tice, while on visit to Newport, R. l.,
the captain was so well pleased with the
city that he concluded to make it his
home permanently, and engaging in the
practice of law, he at once rose to high
rank and very lucratice practice Capt
Honey has many friends in Alabama who
are glade that he was successful in lht
late campaign"
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

CHICAGO, April 90. 20.-Asociation bali games
Tuesday showed the following scores: At
Louisville-St, Louis 9, Louisville Z; at
Cincinnati-Cincinnati I3 Cleveland G.
Bad weather interfered with two of the reg
ular games Miscellaneous playing was as
follows; At Pittsburg- Pittsburg Is, Al.
toena 2; at Milwaukee Milwaukee II, Kali
amazoo Q; at Washington-W Washington 8,
Toronto L.
ST. PAUL, Mimi, April 20-The first of a
series of three games between the Detroit
and St Paul base ball clubs was played in
this city Tuesday, 5000 people being preseat.
The game was very interesting and up to the
ninth inning the st. Paul team led by one
run, when the Detroits scored two runs, and
won the game by score of 10 toe.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20
Armour for s1itchen,s Successor

CHICAGO, April 3U.-Ihe death of Alex
ander Mitchell in New York served to revive
the rumor about Mr. Armour's removal to
Milwaukee, ami Succession to the presidency
OF the St, Paul road Mr.. Armour himself
refused to talk on this subject He said that
no changes would probably be made for sew
sral months, perhaps not until the annual
meeting of stockholders Is held in July. In
the meantime the office OF president will be
filled by Frank S Bond, of New York, the
first vice president
John Plankiuton, of Milwaukee, P. d. Ar
mour's Old partner, and one OF Mr. Mltchelrs
warmest friends, was in the city Tuesday
afternoon. The news of his old friends death
was commun Gated to aim by Mr. Armour.
aud he sas yisibiy affected by il This Is
sad news" he said Il have known sir
Mitchell for many years, in fact have been
associated in business with INN more or less
for quarter of a century He was known
best and loved most 10y the people of his
adopted city, Milwaukee,. He was j man of
scrupuious honor, and | never heard q man
yet say word impesching his business in
tegrity. Charitable and generous to fault
they were his chief characteristics Mil
waukee will mourn ms loss, for ne Is indeed
loss. He stood by the people of that civ
in Its darkest days of need, and he wss never
known to finch or falter. All over Niscou-
Sin Alexander Mltchelp5 name was synonv-
nous with honesty and fair dealing
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20
Good Pretext for Killing China men.

SAN FRANCISCO, April 20.-Hong Dye,
the Chinaman who murdered Mrs. Billion
in Colusa county several days ago, has not
yet been captured. 1t had been thought that
the murder was entirely unprovoked, but it
now appears that Weaver, whom the Chi
nanan shot, had been in the habit of abus-
ing Dye, and on the day of the shooting had
administered whipping to the Chinaman in
the presence of Mrs Billion. Hence the Chi
naman shot her after killing, as he supposed,
Weaver In addition to the three Cinnamon
killed for the crime, it is said that another
was killed at Jacinto by party of search
ers, and there is a report that sti IL another
has been hanged in the mountains
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

ST. LOUIS, Mo, April % At =; p. m.
Tuesday James G. Blaine and party, CON
sisting of R. c. Korns, Mrs Blaine, Miss
Hattie Blaine, and Miss Abigail Dodge. ar
rived at the Union station from Fort Gibson
They came in a special car over the st.
Louis Il San Francisco road, and report
having had pleasant journey. Mr. Blaine
appeared much wearied, though he sat up
right in his car and greeted prominen,
people on the platform with smile and nod.
The car was closely guarded, admission be
ing positively denied every one. The party
left the station at p m. for Chicago over
the Wabash road, where Mr. Blaine will
spend three days visiting his son, Walker
Blaine
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

THE Memphis Appeal. seeing that if
the southern democrats sssail Sherman
and deny his positions. he will meet them
with Randall, says I'VE must be con-
sistent, and to be so We must wholly and
altogether and without reservation re
pudiate Randall's tariff views and declare
for free trade, as the irrefutable and
vital de mocratic doctrine that is to bring
the largest measure of justice to the
largest number of people"
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

DETROIT, Mich, April 21-Judge Jenni
son, Of the Wayne circuit court, has rem
dered an important decision in the case o
the Knights of Labor suit to recover from
W, W. Carter, an imported" ship carpenter
the sum advanced to buy him off from work
ing while the Detroit men were on a strike
The judge holds it unlawful, under the Mich
igan conspiracy law, to attempt to interfer,
with the business of the ship-buil Iiug com
pany, and denies verdict.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

CHICAGO, April 20-City elections were
held III nearly all the towns of the state
Tuesday. In Joliet Mayor Kelly, who had
served two terms and had the support of all
the party organizations, was defeated by J.
d, Paige, secretary of the Business Mems as
sociation. Paige is a high-license man, and
that idea caused his election.
The Republicans carried Champaign, Mat
toon, Clinton and HIilsboro. The Demo
Gratis carried Galena and Effingham. In
most of the towns the question was license
high license or no license. AT Seneca the
result of the election is that the next board il
evenly divided on the license question. Lii.
cense won at Tolono, Marion, Princeton.
Rockford, Taylorville, and, it would seem, a
majority of the other towns No-license was
successful, among other places at Cairo, Carmi
and Carthage, and Woodstock voted for high
license.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

WASHINGTON CITY, April 2u-Messrs
Pattison, Anderson and LIttlsr, tine members
of the Pacific railways investigating com
mission, called ut the interior department
Tuesday afternoon and paid their respects to
Secretary Lam1r. They were assigned rooms
in the off e of the commissioner of railroads,
where they witl organize for the work be-
fore them. Ex-Governor Pattison will be
chosen chairman of the commission The
earlier stages Of the Investigation will be
conducted in Washington, and later on the
commission will go out on the line of the
roads
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

THE Washington correspondent OF
the Council Bluffs, N0HpareI (Rep
writes that there is great danger OF
Cleveland's reelection and that there
is great torpidity in the republican party
a sort of surrender TO fate, astrong tend
ency to give up the fight if either Blaine
or Sherman is the nominee"
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20
Parallel to the Cutting Case.

Ell PAso, Tex, April 3o.-Another Cut
ting case is the exciting topic here Pedro
Garcia, editor of The Observador Fronterizo,
languishes in Cuttings old cell in Paso Del
Norte jail for calling Mayor Provencio, of
Paso Del Norte, a drunkard, and Proberto,
the tax collector of the state of Chihuahua,
a robber. Garcia published his paper in El
Paso and was arrested in the act OF circulat-
ing his sheet in PaSo Del Norte, on the Mex
lean side of the river. The case is identical
with Cuttings, excepting that Garcia is a
Spaniard and is held for circulating and not
publishing libel
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

CLEVELAND, Ohio, April 2o-At O'Clock
Tuesday afternoon the new steel steamer
Charles J. Sheffield slipped down the ways
into the river at the Globe Iron Workshop
yards. The LAUNCH was witnessed by a
large throng of people Tue steamer is a
neat model, an immense in size. Her di-
mensions arc 27i' feet over all, 25l-fooi
keel, S7-foot beam, % foot hold, and l5-foot
disnlaeament
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20
A SPlRrTUALlST ExiLED.

Clinton, His, Gives r. HI. Adams Persmp.
tory Walking Papers.
CLINTON. His, April 20.-Tuesday morn
ing E. H. Adams was made to leave this
place to remain away forever Adams wa;
noted spiritualist, and edited a paper in that
interest called Echoes from the Sunny
Land" He was mobbed last Thursday by
about 200 enraged citizens and narrowly es
capped with his life. Since then he has been
in jail as security against bodily harm be-
ing done him. and because he was unable &c
pay a SIS fine that had been imposed upon
him. Before leaving the city council grant
ed him his liberty and remittei the fine upon
condi tion that he would go away never te
return
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20
SCHWARTZ AND WATT CONVICTED.

tentiary for Life.
NORRIS, Ills, April D.-The celebrated
Watt-Schwartz murder case was given TO the
Jury at 1 o'clock Tuesday afternoon. The
courts instructions to the jury occupied
nearly an hour, and were strongly favorable
to the defense. The judge announced that
he would receive the verdict any time before
O'Clock Wednesday morning.
At $50 p m. the jury returned verdict of
guilty, and both prisoners were sentenced to
confinement in the penitentiary for life
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

WHEELING, W. Va, April 20-About
thirty ware pressers at the Wheeling Pot
terry struck Tuesday against reduction of
wages The company has heretofore paid
the same prices as paid at the union potter
les at Trenton, n. j., but concluded to adopt
the wages Of the non-nion employees at Ea st
Liverpool Ohio, as basis. The proposed
plan will reduce the wages about 81 per day
The trouhls causes the closing down of the
entire plant, whic h employs about iO0 oper.
atives
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20
Celehratin. Primrose Day

LONDON, April ~ Tuesday was Primrose
day, the anniversary of tue death of Lord
Beaconsfield, and was generally observed by
Conservatives throughout the country Tn
der the auspices of the Primrose league now
one of the strongest political organizations
in the kingdom, pigrlmages were made to
Hughenden manor and an immense number
Of gatherings took place at the halls of the
Tory barons in all parts of England to com
memorate the occasion. London is over.
whelmingly Conservative, and the prmrost
was consequently seen every where in tn,
city
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

NEwAYGo, Mich, April 2o.-Ths attor-
neys of j W, Converse, of Boston, have
taken possession of the plant OF the New
aygo Furniture company at this place under
mortgage of $4,000 held by Converse
The property of the company at Grand Rap.
ids was also seized. Not wheel is now re-
volving in the village, which claims the
finest water power ia the state, and about
$50 men are thrown out of employment, to
whom the companies owe considerable
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20
The Nicaraguan Tariff.

WASHINGTON CITY, April 20-The consul
of the United States at Managua Nicaragua
has informed tae department of state that
the congress OF Nicaragua has passed a
law ordering that custom houss duties shall
be collected at the rae of 30 per Cent on the
value Of the merchandise
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

PrTrsBuRG, Pa, April ga successful
experiment was made in the Panhandle yards
at the Union depot Tuesday afternoon with
an automatic fire extinguisher The ap-
paratus is the invention of s. H. Harring
ton, of Columbus, who is connected with the
motive power department of the Pittsburg,
Cincinnati & st LOUIS railway. 1t is got
ten up on the principle of a Babcock extin-
guisher, and is connected with the automatic
brake, so that when car or train is derailed
it Is put in action The gas escapes from
pipes into the stoves and smothers the fires
at once A rail WAS loosened from the track
and passenger car run off. The ex
tinguisher put out the fires in both stoves
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

Paul railway, and
the richest man in
the northwest, died
at the Hoffman house
Tuesday afternoon,
Of acute pneumonia,
aged 10.
Mr.. Mitchell had re-
turned from spend
ing the winter in
Florida, where Mrs.
Mitchell is now. His
son, J. L. Mitchell,
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

FouND.-"Heslih and strength, pure
blood, an appetite like that of wolf,
regular digestion. all by taking that pop
lar and peculiar medicine, Hoods Ssrsa-
parilla. want everybody to try 1t tnis
season." 1t is sold by all druggists. One
hhudred doses one dollar.
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

WASHINGTON CITY, April 20-The first
days meeting Of the National Academy of
Sciences here Tuesday drew together nota-
bic gathering of scientists from different
parts of the country. The meetings will
continue four days Among the papers read
Tuesday were two on "The Results of the
Investigation of the Charleston Earthquake"
by Professor Everett Hayden. and c. L.
Dutton
Rock Island daily Argus., 1887-04-20

Cleveland, and have determined to accept
the appointment. 1t will be the first political
position | have ever held, although some Of
the most important positions in the country
could have been mine if had so chosen. !
really don't know why | accept this one, but
l am affected by the method of its offer by
th,. nr,..Il,.,tf n